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HP-UX Unix

Q. One of my responsibilities is backing up UNIX server. How do I backup data under HP-UX UNIX? How do I use mt, fbackup and frecover commands to perform full and incremental backups?

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Q. Most rootkits use the power of the kernel to hide themselves, they are only visible from within the kernel. How do I detect rootkits under CentOS or Debian Linux server?

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Q. How do I configure an NTP (network time protocol) Server under HP-UX UNIX server as my applications rely on the system clock accuracy to get current time / run reports?

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Q. I need to run a backup and other stuff everyday. How do I check and start cron service under HP-UX UNIX operating system? How do I write cron jobs?

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Q. Can you tell me how to write a UNIX korn shell script program? I’m new to UNIX scripting and HP-UX UNIX operating system.

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This FAQ is part 2 of 2 in the series openssh
Q. How can I run ssh (ssh gui) in the background after running a Linux GUI application? How do I run any UNIX x11 application in background with SSH Linux client?

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Q. Can you tell me more about unshadow and john command line tools? How does it protect my server from crackers?

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Q. How do I find out what kernel version I am currently running under Debian Linux or any other Linux distribution using a shell prompt?
A. Use uname command which print certain system information such as:
=> Kernel version and name
=> Print the machine hardware name
=> print the processor type
=> print the operating system etc

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Q. Can you explain the tr command and how to use it under Linux / UNIX like oses?
A. The tr utility copies the given input to produced the output with substitution or deletion of selected characters. tr abbreviated as translate or transliterate. It takes as parameters two sets of characters, and replaces occurrences of the [...]

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Q. I need to find file permission and store the same to a shell variable. How do I find out the file permission without parsing ls -l output?
A. Use GNU stat command to display file or file system status. It has option to display output in specific format.
Display stat for /etc/passwd file
Type the [...]

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